Table 3 Changes in the color values of cut Kimchi cabbages with egg shell calcium treatment dur ing shor t-term storage at 5°C

Weeks Con1) ESP-1 ESP-2
0.5% 1.0% 2.0% 0.5% 1.0% 2.0%
L* 0 81.2±3.42)aABC3) 80.8±2.0aABC 80.2±1.1aBC 79.8±2.1aC 80.8±1.2aABC 81.6±2.1aAB 82.2±3.8aA
2 77.2±2.6bB 78.0±2.0bAB 79.8±3.1aA 79.8±2.9aA 79.9±2.9aA 80.0±7.3abA 77.8±1.9bAB
4 74.9±3.3bC 77.4±4.4bB 79.4±1.7aA 78.8±3.3aAB 79.8±1.8aA 79.9±2.6abA 79.3±2.1bAB
6 67.2±11.1cC 77.1±4.1bAB 75.9±1.6bAB 75.1±1.7bAB 78.1±3.7bA 77.9±3.4bA 73.8±5.5cB
a* 0 -1.1±0.3cB -0.6±0.0bcA -0.7±0.2bA -1.2±0.5bC -0.7±0.1aA -0.7±0.1aA -1.1±0.5cBC
2 -0.7±0.2bA -0.7±0.2cA -0.9±0.2cB -0.8±0.3aAB -0.8±0.2aAB -0.7±0.2aA -0.9±0.2cB
4 -0.4±0.1aA -0.4±0.5abA -0.8±0.1bcCD -0.7±0.1aBCD -0.7±0.2aBC -0.8±0.3bD -0.6±0.1bB
6 -0.4±0.3aAB -0.2±0.7aA -0.6±0.2aBC -0.8±0.2aC -0.7±0.1aC -0.7±0.2aC -0.2±0.4aA
b* 0 9.2±1.7aA 9.0±2.4aA 6.2±1.3bcD 6.7±0.6cCD 7.3±1.0aBC 6.5±0.5bCD 8.0±0.9bB
2 8.1±0.8bA 6.9±2.4bC 7.1±1.4aBC 7.3±1.4cABC 6.8±0.3abC 8.0±1.0aAB 7.1±0.8cBC
4 7.4±0.9bC 8.1±1.0aB 6.7±0.8abDE 8.9±1.3aA 6.4±1.8bDE 7.0±0.7bCD 6.1±0.8dE
6 9.5±1.7aB 6.8±1.6bD 5.7±1.1cE 8.2±0.5bC 6.5±0.7bD 7.9±0.9aC 12.0±0.9aA
Δ E 2 5.2±3.0bAB 4.7±2.3aABC 3.1±2.0bBC 4.2±2.1aABC 2.5±2.3bC 5.8±6.1aA 5.9±2.9bA
4 7.1±4.7bA 5.2±4.7aAB 2.8±1.2bC 4.3±2.9aBC 2.5±0.9bC 3.7±2.2aBC 4.9±2.3bB
6 15.1±11.0aA 5.5±3.8aC 4.8±2.1aC 5.0±2.1aC 4.1±2.4aC 4.8±2.9aC 10.0±6.7aB
Con, untreated; ESP-1, egg shell powder; ESP-2, egg shell ash powder.
Values are mean±SD (n=3).
a-cMeans followed by the same letters within the column are not significantly different (p<0.05); A-Cmeans followed by the same letters within the row are not significantly different (p<0.05).